Buy this book on-line Alexander, Alison : Billabong's Author. The Life of Mary Grant Bruce(London: Angus & Robertson, 1979) 0207137668 ISBN 0207137668
8vo; original brown boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (viii) + 149, incl. index; several photographs; map; genealogical table. Dustwrapper partially sunned, and slightly worn to top edge, with crease to lower flap; slightest bump to top fore-corners. Very good condition. 'The Billabong books by Mary Grant Bruce are one of Australia's best-loved children's series. Many Australians brought up during the heyday of the Billabong books remember them with nostalgia, for they describe the pleasant, mildly exciting life of the squattocracy, on an idealised yet typically Australian cattle station. For many, they represented the Australian way of life. No other series of books seems to have captured the imagination of Australians in a comparable way, and few others have been so influential in building up the Australian self-image, at least during the first fifty years of this century. ... A fascinating account of the life and work of a determined and talented woman who became known throughout the English-speaking world as "Billabong's author".' Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Alexander, Alison : Billabong's Author. The Life of Mary Grant Bruce. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, libri rari, atlases, incunabula and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |